Sold May 2010 Back to Archive

A particularly well-made “Metre Maid”, 0-6-0 version of the highly-popular “Sweet Pea” design. Work to date is to a high standard and comprises:

• Rolling chassis, roller bearing axle boxes, wheels quartered, coupling rods fitted – fitting work is excellent, the chassis runs along with the gentlest one-fingered push
• Reverser stand erected
• Smokebox, saddle, door and chimney fitted
• Pump and eccentric sheave, strap and rod machine and fitted – this needs some adjustment, as currently there is about the thickness of a coat of paint’s clearance between the strap and frame stretcher
• Motion brackets machined and fitted
• Weighshaft and slide blocks machined and fitted
• Set of cast iron cylinders, bored, faced and all ports machined
• Silver soldered copper boiler with hydraulic test certificate
• Laser cut cab kit
• Complete set of drawings

The engine could be completed for little extra expenditure other than some boiler fittings and material for a water tank (however for those without the time to finish this one, a running “Metre Maid” has just come in which will be listed in the next week or two).